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Beef•Cheese•Dinner ideas•Family•Family meals•For the kids•Kids•Pasta

Quick Kids’ Kransky Pasta Bake

October 18, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Last week I was sent a new sausage to try out from First Light, a company created by a group of New Zealand farmers determined to provide only the best meat. All their beef is 100% grass-fed wagyu, their steak...

Reading time: 2 min

Beef•Books•Cookbooks•Cooks•Dairy Free•Dinner ideas•Family meals•Healthy recipes•Main Courses

Smoky BBQ Beef & Vegetables with Tomato Dressing

October 3, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

I’m firmly of the belief that if we are all a bit more mindful of what and how we eat, the number of people suffering from digestive complaints would at least halve. Whether it’s the relatively minor (but still uncomfortable)...

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Cooks•Family meals•Gluten Free•Potatoes•Vegetable sides•Vegetarian

Herb Butter Hasselbacks

August 15, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

These simple little Red Jackets have to be my favourite potato dish. They look flash, but actually aren’t hard to make at all. A brilliant trick to ensure you don’t cut all the way through the potato is to put...

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Chicken•Cooks•Family meals•For the kids

Honey Miso Chicken Nibbles

by Catherine Milford No Comments

Run out of ideas for your chicken dinners? The marinade on these yummy sticky nibbles is one of the kids’ favourites – and it consists of just three ingredients. Yup, 3. Mix 1 teaspoon each of honey, miso and Dijon...

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Chicken•Cooks•Dairy Free•Family meals•Healthy•International

Chicken Tikka Tandoori

August 1, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This is a brilliant dish for takeaway junkies who don’t want to heap on the calories, or for anyone who’s dairy free or nut free. It’s keto-friendly and low carb, and it still tastes every inch like the chicken tikka...

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Cooks•Family meals•Healthy•Pork•Soups and casseroles•Winter

Flu-busting Pork Broth

July 26, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

As with so many of my dishes, this one came about by accident. With a fridge full of leftovers (and not much else), I needed to make something that my manflu-inflicted teenage son would eat. Leftover roast pork and leftover...

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Cooks•Desserts•Family meals•For the kids

Al Brown’s Fruit Crumble Topping

July 18, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

It’s quite hard to go anywhere in the food world at the moment without stumbling across Al Brown. Chef, TV personality, the face of SkyCity favourite restaurant Depot and Federal Deli, author and now supporter of Garden to Table, Al...

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Cooks•Family meals•Gluten Free•Soups and casseroles•Vegetarian•Winter

Creamy Butternut Soup

May 31, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

As soon as the temperature drops outside, two things happen in my house: the fire is lit, and this soup gets made. It’s got such a rich, deep flavour which warms from the inside, but it’s also got a beautiful colour,...

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Beef•Cheese•Cooks•Culinary competitions/awards•Dinner ideas•Eats•Events•Family meals•Media/Press•Sauces•Snacks

Beef & Pastrami Cheese Melt comes out on top

May 21, 2018 by Catherine Milford 1 Comment

As you may have seen if you follow me on social media, a Smoked Beef & Pastrami Melt I created last week has emerged victorious in New Zealand’s first Ultimate Sandwich Competition, organised by Farmland Foods and judged by one...

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Autumn•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Duck•Family meals•Fruit•Potatoes

Roast Duck with Duck Fat Red Skins & Cherry Guava Sauce

May 8, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Sometimes, a dinner idea is so simple, and so seasonal, it just has to be made. One of my favourite meats is duck, but fresh duck has been quite hard to get hold of until recently. Pam’s Finest, the New...

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Cooks•Dairy Free•Dinner ideas•Family meals•Healthy•International•Vegetarian

Super-melty dairy-free Margherita Pizza

April 28, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

There’s a bit of a secret to this pizza! Instead of adding cheese last, this pizza is best made by adding the non-dairy cheese to the base of your pizza, then putting all the ingredients on top. This super-simple pizza...

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Cheese•Chicken•Cooks•Family meals

Apple & Gouda Stuffed Chicken Breasts

April 25, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Bored of boring chicken? This recipe mixes things up a bit with the addition of delicious Cumin Gouda cheese: what’s not to love? Cumin Gouda & Apple Stuffed Chicken Breasts Ready in 35 minutes. Serves 4. Ingredients 4 skinless chicken...

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Breakfasts and brunches•Cooks•Family meals•For the kids•Vegetarian

Sweetcorn & Blueberry Fritters

April 17, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Thank heaven for frozen fruit and veg! The best of the summer sweetcorn and blueberry seasons are over, but frozen varieties do just as well in these delicious breakfast fritters created by the chefs at The Sugar Club in Auckland’s...

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Autumn•Budget Busters•Chicken•Cooks•Family meals•Slow cooker•Soups and casseroles•Winter

Chicken & Mushroom Curry Casserole

April 16, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This is a variation on a dish my Auntie Val used to make for us as kids for Sunday lunch. I absolutely loved it with baked potatoes, carrots and peas – and I still do. This is a slightly healthier...

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Autumn•Cooks•Dairy Free•Family meals•Healthy•vegan•Vegetable sides•Vegetarian

Autumnal Squash Pizza

March 26, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

2018 seems to be the year everyone’s looking at ways of eating well with less meat, but for serious foodies, taste and flavour are paramount – give us something that doesn’t taste good and it’s not going to happen! This...

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Autumn•Beef•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Family meals

Not-Quite-Cornish Pasties

March 23, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

As any true Cornish person will tell you, the perfect recipe for a Cornish Pasty is impossible to master unless you’re actually Cornish – so much so that these tasty pies have protected status, and can’t be called Cornish Pasties...

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Budget Busters•Chicken•Cooks•Dairy Free•Dinner ideas•Family meals•For the kids•Gluten Free•Healthy

Chuck-it-in Chicken

March 9, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Everyone loves this dish, and it’s a really good one to make at this time of year, when tomato plants are often giving up their best last shot, and the fruit is juicy and tasty. This chicken dish is one...

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Autumn•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Family meals•International•Pork

Pork Fillet with Marsala Sauce

February 19, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

We’re almost into fig season, which always fills my family with utter delight. Fig trees are everywhere in New Zealand, and we’re starting to see this delicious fruit on trees – several of my lucky friends with trees of their...

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Beef•Cheese•Cooks•Family meals•For the kids

Classic Beef & Cheese Burger

February 1, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

It doesn’t really matter what the weather’s doing – there’s no such thing as the wrong time for a burger! This recipe for a classic cheeseburger comes from the team who make Best Foods Mayonnaise – easily the only mayo to...

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Cooks•Dinner ideas•Family meals•For the kids•Pork•Summer

Sticky Bourbon Pork Ribs

January 8, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Summer or winter, lunch or dinner – there’s no such thing as the wrong time to eat these ribs! A little preparation goes a long way here, so if you can get organised enough to get them in the marinade...

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Breakfasts and brunches•Budget Busters•Cheese•Cooks•Family meals•For the kids•Healthy•Love your leftovers•Potatoes

Frittata Feast

January 3, 2018 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Have you noticed that some leftovers get devoured straightaway, while others seem to get overlooked until they end up in the bin? Me too – which is how this frittata came about. This one uses up a motley collection of...

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Budget Busters•Chicken•Cooks•Dairy Free•Dinner ideas•Family meals•For the kids•Healthy•Summer

Scritch!

December 27, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

The only way to explain Scritch is to say that it’s anything, as long as it’s leftovers! Scritch started as a thing in our house when I started playing with whatever was left in the fridge, and I’d often come...

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Breakfasts and brunches•Budget Busters•Cooks•Dairy Free•Dinner ideas•Family meals•Fruit

Leftover Ham Christmas Bap

December 26, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

This fantastic Breakfast Bap is a great way to use up all that ham that’s sitting on the bone (hopefully in your damp Ham Bag – it lasts a lot longer as it doesn’t dry out). If you feel like...

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Christmas•Cooks•Dairy Free•Dinner ideas•Family meals•Lamb•Special Occasion

Bacon-wrapped Lamb Loin with Apricot & Maple Chilli Sauce

December 21, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

Bacon-wrapped Lamb Loin with Apricot & Maple Chilli Sauce Ready in 5 hours. Serves 4-6. Ingredients 400g lamb loin or backstrap, trimmed of excess fat 1 spring onion Leaves from 2 large sprigs mint Leaves from 1 rosemary sprig Leaves...

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Chicken•Cooks•Dinner ideas•Family meals•International•Special Occasion

Celebration Chinese Chicken

December 19, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

I LOVE Chinese food. As long as it’s well made, I could honestly never eat anything else – so it stands to reason that I should learn about the flavours. This tasty chicken dish is designed as a centrepiece for...

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Budget Busters•Cheese•Chicken•Cooks•Family meals•For the kids•International•Snacks

Chicken Nachos

December 10, 2017 by Catherine Milford No Comments

I reckon a good Mexican dish is the happiest party food on the planet. This recipe from the team at Tio Pablo for Chicken Nachos is tasty, easy and tastes truly authentic. YUM! Chicken Nachos Ready in 30 mins. Serves...

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